ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,257, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Hearing device and related method of wireless charging" was invented by Kim Rasmussen (Ballerup, Denmark) and Klaus Hagen Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing device and a method for charging a hearing device is provided, the hearing device comprising an interface comprising a wireless transceiver configured for wireless communication with a charging device; and a power module comprising a charging controller and a receiving coil for wireless charging of a battery positioned in the hearing device; wherein the charging controller...